1. Community Readiness and Prevention of Traumatic Brain Injuries
L. Stallones - P. Sample

2. Traumatic Brain Injury among Men and Women Aged 65 Years and Older: Incidence and External Causes
J. A. Langlois - A. Reichard - D. Thurman

3. Traumatic Brain Injuries in Estonia
N. Popova - G. Otsa - I. Drikkit - T. Asser

4. The Quebec TBI Model System: an Information System on Traumatic Brain Injury
M. Pépin - Y. L. Boulanger - C. Truchon

5. Terminology of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Results of a Survey in Austria 2000
C. Stepan - H. Binder - F. Gersterbrand

6. In-hospital Death Due to Traumatic Brain Injury: a Population-based Analysis in South Carolina, USA, 1990-1999
A. Selassie - E. Pickelsimer - L. Frazier - D.Wilson

7. Tracheal Decannulation in States of Impaired Consciousness
N. Childs - W. Mercer - M. Ramirez - J. Boysen

8. Vascular Tunnel and the Open Skin Method in the Treatment of Severe Traumatic Brain Swelling
A. Csókay - C. Szentirmai - L. Nagy - A.Kardos

9. Post-traumatic Hydrocephalus: Diagnosis, Selection for Surgery and Outcome
L. Mazzini - G. Olivieri - R.Campini - E. Angelino

10. Post-traumatic Hydrocephalus, Diagnostics and Treatment
S. Zolcsai - T. Barta - T. Pentelényi

11. Indirect Injuries of the Optic Nerve and Optic Chiasm
R. Spector

12. Electropsychological and Psychophysical Studies of Post-TBI Visual Disturbances
M. Mckerral - J. Lachapelle - P. Lachapelle

13. Anti-epileptogenic Agents in Traumatic Brain Injury
D. Weaver - A. Lyon - M. Campbell - F. Gervais

14. Persistence of Plasma Amino Acid Abnormalities in Rehabilitation Patients with Severe Brain Injury
R. Aquilani - A. Contardi - P. Iadarola - C. Pistarini

15. Tinnitus and Hyperacusis among Traumatic Brain Injured Patients
O. Keren - I. Zwecker-Lazar - J. Attias - Z. Groswasser

16. Benign Positional Vertigo following Severe TBI: Diagnosis and Treatment
M. Motin - O. Keren - C. Gordon - Z. Groswasser

17. Surgical Treatment of 31 Spastic Contractured Upper Limbs after Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Analytical and Functional Results
B. Kiefer - P. Denormandie - I. Laffont - B. Bussel


SCIENTIFIC PAPER SESSION II

Consequences and Rehabilitation

Co-chairs:

1. Cerebral Re-organization after Traumatic Brain Injury: a Functional MRI Study of Working Memory Impairment
J. De Luca - C. Christodoulou - J. Ricker - B. Bly

2. Can Traumatic Brain Injury Cause Psychiatric Disorders?
R. van Reekum - T. Cohen - J. Wong

3. The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale in a Head-injured Population: a Three-factor Solution
R. Bierley - G. Curtiss - D. Warden - E. Date

4. Psychopathology and Unawareness of Cognitive Impairments and Behavioral Limitations in Traumatic Brain-injured Patients
H. Oppenheim-Gluckman - P. Fayol - P. De Collasson - P. Azouvi

5. Divided Attention after Severe Diffuse Traumatic Brain Injury
P. Azouvi - J. Couillet - M. Leclerq - M. Rousseaux

6. Lexical Impairment in Traumatic Brain-injured Patients: Selective Damage of Verbs and Nouns
B. Pistarini - C. Luzzatti - G. Zonca - G. Fizzotti

7. Face Recognition Impairments after Brain Injury: Controlled Evaluation of Three Rehabilitation Procedures
J. Powell - J. Davidhoff - T. Valentine - S. Letson

8. Rehabilitation Program for Patients with Penetrant Head Injuries in Croatia
S. Soldo-Butkovitc - D. Janculjak - B. Barac - M. Vladetic

9. C.U.O.K. - The Computerized System for TBI Rehabilitation Settings
E. Yifrah - M. Motin - O. Keren - Z. Groswasser

10. Disability Rating Scale and Glasgow Outcome Scale: Observations and Remarks in Acute Brain Injury Rehabilitation
P. Moretti - C. Giusti - M. Mantero - D. Risso

11. Sleep in the Brain-injured! D. Seyone - B. Kara

12. Group Treatment for Mild Head Injury
A. Bartfai - G. Hellberg-Edstrom - P. Thorstensson - M. Ostlund

13. Virtual Reality Definitions and Rationale for Its Use for Cognitive Assessment and Rehabilitation
A. Rizzo

14. Virtual Reality to Assess Executive Functions in Acquired Brain Damage
L. Pugnetti - L. Mendozzi - E. Barbieri - D. Alpini

15. Assessing Prospective Memory after Vascular Brain Injury Using Virtual Reality
B. Brooks - E. Attree - D. Rose

16. Virtual Environments in the Assessment and Treatment of Topographical Disorientation
L. Bertella - S. Marchi - G. Riva

17. New Directions in Driving Assessment following TBI: Virtual Reality
M. Schultheis - J. DeLuca - R. Mourant - M. Recce

18. The Virtual Classroom and Office: Efforts to Improve Ecological Validity in the Assessment and Rehabilitation of Attention and other Cognitive Processes
A. Rizzo - T. Bowerly - G. Buckwalter


SCIENTIFIC PAPER SESSION III

Children and Youth

Co-chairs:

1. Methodological Issues in Assessing Outcomes of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) in Children and Youth
J. Langlois - K. Gotsch - V. Coronado

2. Measuring Outcome following Mild, Moderate and Severe Brain Injury amongst Children
B. Hawley - A. Ward - A. Magnay - B. Mychalkiw

3. Psychological and Educational Approach of the School Reintegration after Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
S. Antonelli - A. Boissel

4. Assessing the Loss of Income Earning Capacity in Cases Involving Children with a Traumatic Brain Injury
G. Battista


SCIENTIFIC PAPER SESSION IV

Outcome and Quality of Life

Co-chairs:

1. Early and Late Factors Predicting Return to Work after Traumatic Brain Injury
R. Avesani - Z. Cordioli - M.G. Gambini - C. Vivenza

2. The Effectiveness of Active Listening Training with Acquired Brain Injured Adults
A. Linder - P. Lawrynowicz - K. Harrison

3. Gender Differences in Traumatic Brain Injury: Severity, Recovery and Outcomes
P. Seibert - J. Basom - A. Unione

4. Driving after Brain Injury
A. Mosberg - A.-K. Schanke - P.E.Osten

5. Persons with Acquired Brain Injury Living in a Family Setting: Their View of Community Integration
A. De Vrieze - V. Boscart - M.Gheysen

6. Intensive Neurorehabilitation in the Netherlands: Results of a Follow-up Study One and Three Years Later
M. Vink - T. Jorritsma - A. Bouma

7. Factors Influencing Caregiver Burden and Family Functioning after Head Injury
M. Rogers

8. Self-support Groups for the Relatives of Brain-injured Patients Admitted to a Rehabilitation Unit
M. R. Magnarella - P. Boldrini

9. Loneliness, Social Support and Psychological Well-being after Brain Injury
R. Rauch - S. Ferry

10. TBI: Quality of Life's Greatest Challenge
P. Seibert - P. Reedy - J. Hash - C. Zimmerman

11. Exploring Self-concepts as Subjective Quality of Life of Persons with Brain Injury
D. Man

12. Doctors and Lawyers Working Together for the Benefit of Persons with Traumatic Brain Injury in a Multilingual and Multicultural Society
H. Montero - S. Schapiro - R. Martino

13. The Role of the Expert in ABI Cases: the Legal Perspective
N. Gilby - B. Quick